Obituaries

Harold R. "Bud" Knutsen

Harold R. "Bud" Knutsen

Dec 17, 2011

Harold R. "Bud" Knutsen, 93, a life long residence of Scotch Ridge, Martins Ferry, OH died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 at East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry. He was born Aug. 13, 1918 in Martins Ferry a son of the late Andrew and Lucia (Finney) Knutsen. He was retired from the Yorkville Plant of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel. Bud was...

Hollis Kemp

Hollis Kemp

Dec 17, 2011

Hollis L. Kemp, 93, of Bethesda, Ohio passed into eternity on Saturday, December 17, 2011, at his home, where he had resided his entire life. Hollis was born December 19, 1917, son of the late John W. and Clara Burns Kemp. A World War II Veteran, Hollis was a well-known farmer and carpenter. He was a member of Bethesda United...

Mike Sudvary Jr

Mike Sudvary Jr

Dec 16, 2011

Mike Sudvary Jr. 93 of Rayland died Friday December 16, 2011 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry. He was born July 20, 1918 in Triadelphia WV, a son of the late Mike Sr. and Sophie (Plesa) Sudvary. He was a retired employee of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Yorkville, a veteran of WWII in the US Army, a life member of...

Everett Bruce Burkhead

Everett Bruce Burkhead

Dec 15, 2011

BURKHEAD, Everett Bruce, 72, of Emerson, Ohio, died Thursday December 15, 2011 at Acuity Specialty Hospital, Bellaire, Ohio. He was born in Fernwood, Ohio on January 9, 1939, a son of the late Forest Kenneth and Ora Starcher Burkhead. He was a retired employee of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel; a member of the Dillonvale American Legion; and a U.S. Army...

Willard Perkins

Willard Perkins

Dec 14, 2011

Willard Ray Perkins, 96, of Bethesda, Ohio died December 14, 2011 at Barnesville Health Care Center. He was born November 26, 1915 in Belmont County, Ohio, son of the late William and Emma Decker Saffell Perkins. Willard was a long time employee of Blaney Lumber in Bethesda, Ohio and had been a member of Bend Fork Christian Church, near Belmont,...

James Harland Whitlatch

James Harland Whitlatch

Dec 13, 2011

James Harland Whitlatch, 67, of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, passed away December 13, 2011, at home. He was born March 17, 1944, in Benwood, WV, the son of the late Elzie and Dessie Whitlatch. He was retired from Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel and the local police force after 30 years of service. He also served in the US Army for six...

Mary  Van Horn

Mary Van Horn

Dec 12, 2011

Mary G. Van Horn, 83, of Quaker City, Ohio passed away Monday, December 12, 2011 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born July 13, 1928 in Bethesda, Ohio, daughter of the late William J. Anderson and Edith J. Shepard Anderson. Mary was a homemaker, a long time member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, the Eagles, and a Methodist by faith. In...

Doris Evelyn Ahrendts

Doris Evelyn Ahrendts

Dec 11, 2011

Doris Evelyn Ahrendts, 88, died Sunday, December 11, 2011, with her daughter Deb and son-in-law Joe by her side. She was born on January 10, 1923 in Mingo Junction ( Dean Dale ), Ohio to James and Maude ( Fishback ) Wedlake. Doris graduated from Mingo Jct., High School and attended Harmony Methodist Church. During WWII Doris worked at...

Gertrude C. Bowman Westfall

Gertrude C. Bowman Westfall

Dec 9, 2011

Gertrude Cecilia Beck Bowman WESTFALL, 97, departed this life on December 9, 2011, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Bridgeport, Ohio on October 29, 1914, a daughter of the late Joseph Beck and Johanna Boehm Beck. Gertrude was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Brookside, Ohio. She was a retired Stone & Thomas Tea...

Betty Whitacre

Betty Whitacre

Dec 9, 2011

Betty L. Shepherd Whitace, 76, of Barnesville, Ohio died Friday, December 9, 2011 at her home. She was born December 22, 1934, in Morristown, Ohio, daughter of the late Joseph H. and Virginia Taylor Shepherd. She was a member of Morristown Christian Church, a graduate of Barnesville High School, and a long time employee of Ohio Bell. Betty was a...

Robert Stenger

Robert Stenger

Dec 9, 2011

Robert F. Stenger, 67, of Belmont, Ohio passed away Friday, December 9, 2011 at his home. He was born July 15, 1944 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, son of the late Joseph W. Stenger. Robert was the owner and operator of R.S. Stenger Trucking and was also a farmer. He attended Assumption Catholic Church and was in the National Guard for...

Anne L. Schulenberg

Anne L. Schulenberg

Dec 7, 2011

Anne L. Schulenberg 91 of Bridgeport died Wednesday December 7, 2011 at East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry. She was born September 30, 1920 in Cadiz, Ohio, a daughter of the late Thomas McAdam and Mary Emma (Barricklow) Love. She was a retired School Teacher for the Bridgeport School System, a member of the Kirkwood Presbyterian Church where...

Steven Manteau

Steven Manteau

Dec 7, 2011

Steven Amos, Manteau, Sr., 65, of St. Clairsville, Ohio passed away December 7, 2011 at his home. He was born November 30, 1946 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, son of the late Eldred R. Manteau and Roberta O. Walter Manteau. Steven worked in the steel industry as a machine operator and also served his country in Viet Nam. In addition to...

William Nelson

William Nelson

Dec 6, 2011

William R. Nelson, 73, of Bethesda, Ohio passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Cumberland Pointe Care Center. He was born June 19, 1938, son of the late Leon Clifford Nelson and Margaret Eugen Denson Nelson. William resided in Georgia prior to relocating to the area. He was a handyman by trade and attended East Richland Friends Church. William proudly...

A. Russell

A. Russell

Dec 5, 2011

A. Alan Russell, 68, of Bethesda, Ohio passed away Monday, December 5, 2011 at his home, with his family close by. He was born August 12, 1943 in Warren, Ohio, son of the late Samuel Arthur Russell and Mildred Jeanette Travis Russell. Alan, a life resident of Bethesda, Ohio graduated from Union Local High School in 1961 and received a...

Judith Renee Purr

Judith Renee Purr

Dec 5, 2011

Purr, Judith Renee, 54, of Adena, Ohio, died Monday December 5, 2011, at the Lifeline Hospital, Wintersville, Ohio, after a lengthy illness. She was born in Martins Ferry on September 30, 1957, a daughter of Virginia Kidd Boroski and the late LaCarr Richard Purr. Judith is survived by her parents, Don Boroski "her pap" and Virginia Kidd Boroski; sisters:...

Norman Whealdon

Norman Whealdon

Dec 4, 2011

Norman D. Whealdon, 75, of Belmont, Ohio passed away Sunday, December 4, 2011, at his home. He was born April 21, 1936 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, son of the late Cecil "Bus" Whealdon and Delta Boso Whealdon. Norman resided in Veto, Ohio prior to moving to the Belmont area. He was a handyman on farms, helping with horses. He was...

Bonnie Strahl

Bonnie Strahl

Dec 4, 2011

Bonnie Sue Strahl. 59, of Flushing, Ohio passed away Sunday, December 4, 2011 at Wheeling Hospital. She was born August 3, 1952 in Canton, Ohio, daughter of the late John D. Tarleton and Eileen E. Hartley Tarleton. Bonnie, a life resident of Belmont County, was a nurse's aide at Cumberland Health and Rehabilitation, and attended Trinity Gospel Fellowship in Flushing,...

Ruth  V. (Klukas)  Milbert

Ruth V. (Klukas) Milbert

Dec 3, 2011

Ruth V. (Klukas) Milbert, 91, of Gables Care Center, Hopedale, OH, formerly of Martins Ferry, OH died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 at Valley Hospice Care Center North, Steubenville, OH. She was born Sept. 20, 1920 in Shadyside, OH a daughter of the late John J. and Emma (Evans) Klukas. She was a member of the former Martins Ferry Eagles...

Bernard F. Faldowski

Bernard F. Faldowski

Dec 3, 2011

Bernard F. Faldowski Sr., 73, of Rayland died Saturday December 3, 2011 at East Ohio Regional Hospital Martins Ferry. He was born on July 12, 1938 in Adena. He was son of the late Frank and Anna (Yanda) Faldowski. He was a retired employee of Consol Coal Co., a member of St. Adalbert's Catholic Church (Dillonvale), the Pine Valley...